Shloka 19

Jambūdvīpa Varṣas, Bhārata as Karmabhūmi, and the Sacred Hydro-Topography of Dharma

Devanagari script

इलावृते पद्मवर्णा जम्बूफलरसाशिनः / त्रयोदश सहस्त्राणि वर्षाणां वै स्थिरायुषः

Transliteration

ilāvṛte padmavarṇā jambūphalarasāśinaḥ / trayodaśa sahastrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ vai sthirāyuṣaḥ

Translation

اِلاوِرت میں رہنے والے کنول جیسے رنگ والے ہیں، جامبو پھل کے رس پر گزران کرتے ہیں؛ ان کی عمر ثابت اور تیرہ ہزار برس تک ہوتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• इलावृते: in Ilāvṛta (region)
• इलावृते: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इलावृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पद्मवर्णाः: lotus-colored
• पद्मवर्णाः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (padmasya varṇaḥ)

• जम्बू-फल-रस-आशिनः: eaters of the juice of jambū-fruit
• जम्बू-फल-रस-आशिनः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जम्बू + फल + रस + आशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः तत्पुरुषः (jambūphalasya rasaḥ; taṃ aśnanti iti āśinaḥ)

• त्रयोदश: thirteen
• त्रयोदश: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या (indeclinable-like numeral), सहस्त्राणि इति विशेषणम् (qualifier of 'thousands')

• सहस्त्राणि: thousands
• सहस्त्राणि: प्रमाण/परिमाण (Pramāṇa/Measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वै: indeed
• वै: सम्बन्ध-निपात (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधानार्थ/खल्वर्थ (emphatic)

• स्थिर-आयुषः: having steady/long life
• स्थिर-आयुषः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (Karta-viśeṣaṇa/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर + आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः कर्मधारयः (sthiraṃ āyuḥ yeṣām)

Speaker

Sūta (narrating Purāṇic cosmography to the sages, within the Kurma Purana’s discourse framework)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Ilāvṛta
• Jambū (jambu fruit)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

This verse does not directly define Ātman; it presents Purāṇic sacred geography, implying that embodied life (with varying longevity and sustenance) is conditioned by cosmic order (dharma/ṛta), against which liberation teachings elsewhere in the Kurma Purana are contrasted.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific yoga practice is taught in this line; it is descriptive cosmography. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such cosmological mapping often serves as a backdrop for dharma and later soteriological instructions (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline and devotion).

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it contributes to the shared Purāṇic cosmological framework within which the Kurma Purana later articulates a harmonizing Shaiva–Vaishnava theology.